Shoe



May 26, 1925. 1,539,767

G. L. PIERCE SHOE Filed March 25, 1924 gwuentoz 6607 el Pzkrce amine:

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NEW YURZ, El. 55., A CORPORATION OF NE'W JERSEY.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l Gnonen L. Pinnon, a citizen or the United States, and resident of Brooklyn in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

lily present invention relates to improvements in shoes and is intended more especiallv for embodiment in a bathing shoe, tho-nigh not limited to this specific article of footwear.

The invention aims to provide a shoe of this character which can be economically utactured, which will have a light noniing outsole capable of withstanding wcar and protecting the foot or" the wearer from rocks and the like, which outsole will be united to the shoe in a permanent manner and in which the lower edge of the upper will be united to the shoe in permabent manner, and in which the lower edge of the upper will be provided with a protects strip and the seam uniting parts ll protected from sand and rough places creed by the in ntion includes the novel "features of construction and arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and particularly defined by the appended claims.

What at present consider the preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in t e accompanying drawings, in which: n

ig. l is a sectional elevation of a cloth or shce having a rubber sole.

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail on a larger scale. m g

ig. 5 is a sect1onal detail illustrating a .ep the menus? cture. E

Referring by reference characters to this rawing the numeral '1 designates the cloth canvas upper which in the present n provided with heel and edge reinents 1 and 1 and toe cap 1 suitably thereto and 2 the cloth insole which .nited to the upper by an outnedseam icated at 2". 3 designates an intermediate member com rising relatively heavy stile material or the character known as ction fabric, having one face (the lower preferably skim coated with rubber co n (much but both surfaces being of sticky 'th these and other objects in view the leather strip 5 in the order named, the stitching being done when the sole member 3 is in a flat condition, as illustrated in Fig. 3, the skins coated surface of the sole member-3 being preferably covered by a removable glazed protecting sheet 6 of slightly less area than the sole member to prevent the fabric strip 4 adhering to the sole during manipulation and stitching.

The surface 8* or the sole 2 is hen pressed firmly against the outer surface of the insole 2 and caused to adhere thereto by its tacky nature, and the leather strip 5 is turned up around the lower edge 'of the upper and secured thereto conveniently by having its edge stitched thereto by a line of stitches indicated at 5 The glazed protecting strip 6 is now removed and an outsole 7 of suitable material. such as crepe rubber, is applied to and pressed firmly against the skim coated rubber surface o1 sole member 3 and caused to firmly adhere thereto Whereafter the fabric strip is turned down and firmly cemented to the edge of the outsole, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. By this arrangement'the outsole is firmly secured to the intermediate sole and all danger of separation at the edge removed, while the composite sole thus formed and the marginal strips are firmly united together and to the upper, leaving no exposed stitches at the junction of the sole and the upper.

/Vhile l have described the intermediate sole of rubberized fabric in a tacky condition, it is obvious that it could be made of any suitable material andcement used for connecting the parts in place of the tacky nature of the rubber. When unvulcanized rubber is used, the shoe may be subjected to vulcanizing heat to cure the rubber compound and cause a more perfect union.

It will also be obvious that while I have described a canvas shoe as the specific embodiment of my invention I do not limit myself to the use or" any particular material as any or all parts of the shoe may be made of any suitable material, according to the uses to which the shoe is to be put, without departing from the spirit of my inven tion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A shoe of the character described comprising an intermediate sole, an outsole adhering to one face thereof Within the mar gins thereof, an upper having an insole adhering to the other face of the intermediate sole, and a pair of strips stitched to the margin of said intermediate sole, one of said strips being turned up and secured to the upper and the other being turned down over and secured to the edge of the outsole.

v 2. A shoe of the character described comprising an upper having a sole portion forming an insole, an intermediate sole having a pair of superposed strips secured to the margin thereof, said intermediate sole being juxtaposed to the insole and having its margin turned up, and an outsole applied to the exposed face of the intermediate sole, one of said strips being turned up and secured to the upper and 'the other turned down and secured to the edge of the outsole.

3. A shoe of the character described comprising an upper having a sole portion form ing an insole, an intermediate sole overlying said insole, an outsole adhesively secured to the exposed face of said intermediate sole, a pair of strips having superposed edges secured to the marginof said intermediate sole by an inturned seam, one of said strips being turned up over and secured to the up per and the other being turned down over and secured to the edge of the outsole,

4. A shoe of the character described comprising an upper having a sole portion form ing an insole, an intermediate sole overlying said insole, an outsole adhesively secured to the exposed face of said intermediate sole a pair of strips having superposed edges secured to the margin of said intermediate soie by an inturned seam one of said strips heing turned up over and stitched to the upper,

and the other being turned down and cemented to the edge of the sole.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature,

GEORGEL. PIERCE, 

